SOC312H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Demographic Transition, Richard Easterlin, Living Single
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A fundamental measure of nuptiality for a given population is the crude marriage rate. Sometimes, if the appropriate data are available, it is possible to o o. Thus, the general marriage rate and the general divorce are: (refer to page 149) The age-specific marriage rates in a given period can be summed to obtain a total marriage rate (tmr) for the period. Typically, this measure is computed for the age range of 15-50, which are prime marriageable ages. This measure can be computed for males of dermales separately (the chance of marriage is different for the sexes: men tend t marry at an older age than do females). The total divorce rate parallels the total marriage rate in two ways. It is a period measure of the average number of divorces per 1000 females age 15 and older in the population at time t.
